MODESTO - The Modesto Junior College Dance Department will offer their annual "Jam 'n Jive" Jazz dance concert on Sept. 26, 27, 28, & 29 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center on the East Campus.

Sampler tacos from different taquerias, paired with favorite tequilas and margaritas will be centerpiece of a fund-raiser on Friday, Oct. 19, to be held in St. Anthony School's gymnasium from 6 to 10 p.m. This is an event for adults who are 21 and older.

The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity on Saturday, Sept. 29, to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs that are expired, unused, and unwanted.

Somewhere near the water tower perched at the end of a line of palm trees along Highway 99 between Manteca and Ripon is where a major interchange key to growth for the next 30 years in both cities is expected to be built.